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While every one is fighting over whether he is really dead or not, no one finds it strange that this guy and his boss both shot themselves in the same month. Maybe they were both were involved in something bad enough that they felt this was the only option.

Since the headline cries "Found Dead" and further in it says " being investigated as a suicide", my guess would be the reporter meant to say "apparent suicide". Just another innocent victim of poor composition and lack of proofreading. Furthermore, if all news releases depended on named sources and not requested anonymity, there just wouldn't be a lot of news released. Your point…

Obama appears to have a hatred for Israel and Netanyahu when he proposes the return to the 1967 boundaries. There will never be a two state solution as long as the Palestinian Authority and Hamas call for the destruction of Israel. Obama is naïve to think that these three groups will get along and co-exist peacefully. The only solution to this mess is when one of the groups completely destroys the…

Culver-Stockton Theatre Production Chosen to Compete for National Honors

2 years, 2 months ago by Bryan Nichols

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival to take place Jan 20-26 in Nebraska.

CANTON, Mo.—A scene from Culver-Stockton College’s theatrical production of William Shakespeare’s “MuchAdo about Nothing” has been selected for a competitive performance at the Region V Kennedy Center AmericanCollege Theatre Festitval (KC/ACTF). This year’s festival is hosted by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Jan. 20-26. This scene was one of only eight selected from over 250 productions across Region V (which includes sevenstates) to be included as a Meritorious Invited Scene nominee. Culver-Stockton did not apply for this honor, andwas nominated by a KC/ACTF respondent. This marks the fourth occasion this honor has been bestowed on a C-SCproduction, the first in three years to do so.

Act IV, Scene 1 was chosen for competition at the festival. The scene is comprised of two student actors: NicholasJohnson, senior theatre major from Fieldon, Ill., will play Benedick and Anna Nytes, senior psychology major fromQuincy, Ill., will play Beatrice. Dr. Fonzie Geary, assistant professor of theatre at Culver-Stockton, is the director.

The Meritouroious Invited Scene is not the only nomination C-SC received for this year’s KC/ACTF. Nick Johnsonis also an Irene Ryan nominee for his performance in "Barefoot in the Park." Other nominees and the productionsthey were nominated for are listed below:

The goals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival are to encourage, recognize and celebratethe finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theater programs, as well as to improve thequality of college theater in America. The KCACTF is comprised of eight geographic regions in the United Statesand honors excellence of overall production and offers student-artists individual recognition through awards andscholarships in playwriting, acting, criticism, directing and design.

In January and February of each year, regional festivals showcase the finest of each region's entered productionsand offer a variety of activities, including workshops, symposia and regional-level award programs. Regionalfestival productions are judged by a panel of three judges selected by the Kennedy Center and the KCACTFnational committee. These judges select four to six of the best and most diverse regional festival productions to beshowcased in the spring at the annual noncompetitive national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.